Head Cook

Blidworth Oaks Primary School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0RE

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 12 hours per week, term-time only 39 weeks (Thur and Fri)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale 3, Points 6 - 8:£25,183 - £25,992 Pro Rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you passionate about food? Do you have high standards of cleanliness? Are you interested in the benefits a quality and nutritious meal can offer to children? Are you interested in working within a supportive staff team? The Leadership of our schools are looking for a dedicated Head Cook to lead the school kitchen, alongside the existing Head Cook, and provide an excellent lunchtime experience for children at Blidworth Oaks Primary School.

If you can believe in our school values of Aspiration, Respect, Resilience, Inspiration, Inclusion and Responsibility, and you can be dedicated to providing the best for our pupils, we want to hear from you!

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Friendly and enthusiastic children
• Initial and ongoing training as required
• A fantastic staff team
• Close partnership working with local schools and their kitchens
• Support from our trust central catering team

Blidworth Oaks Primary School is part of the East Midlands Education Trust. For more information about our school and Trust, please visit our website:www.blidworthoaks.co.uk

On the application form, please focus on a detailed 'supporting statement' taking into account the person specification and indicating why you would be the best person for us to recruit to this position.

If you would like further information and require an informal conversation or visit, please telephone or email our school office via 01623 792348 oroffice@blidworthoaks.notts.sch.uk

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

Closing date for applications is 09:00AM on Monday 3rdFebruary 2025.

Interviews to be held on Monday 10thFebruary 2025.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Head Cook Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 105 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blidworth Oaks Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 369 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Blidworth Oaks Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@blidworthoaks.notts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01623792348
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blidworth-oaks-primary-school-mansfield (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Blidworth Oaks Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@blidworthoaks.notts.sch.uk.

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